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Re:Those who exercise free speech should also defend it even... by ryandrake on Thursday June 25, 2020 @01:10PM (#23642905)
It's not a slippery slope fallacy because it actually happens. We get offended by some phrase, so we invent a euphemism for it. Then a few years later, we get offended by that euphemism, so we invent a more vague euphemism. And on and on. Go to YouTube and look up George Carlin's bit on "Shell Shock".

EDIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuEQixrBKCc

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Re:Those who exercise free speech should also defend it even... by CraigJPerry on Thursday June 25, 2020 @04:16PM (#23645141)
> It's not a slippery slope fallacy because it actually happens. We

We? I’ve never. When did you fall for it and why would you?

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